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main-top Naut.|ˈmeɪntɒp|
[See main a. 10.]
The top of a mainmast; a platform just above the head of the lower mainmast. Often used loosely for main-topgallant-masthead.
1485Naval Acc. Hen. VII (1896) 48 Mayne toppes. 1582N. Lichefield tr. Castanheda's Conq. E. Ind. i. xxviii. 70 b, The king with his owne hand did deliver it unto the Captaine Generall, for to bestowe it in his maine toppe. 1627Capt. Smith Seaman's Gram. xiii. 62 The Admirall of each squadron..doth carry in their maine tops, flags of sundry colours. 1725De Foe Voy. round World (1840) 308 The man at the main-top, who was ordered to look out. 1835Marryat Jac. Faithf. xvii, When I was captain of the main⁓top in the La Minerve. 1887Standard 21 Sept. 5/7 The war vessels..each flying the British ensign at the maintop.
b. attrib. (sometimes = ‘belonging to the main-topsail’), as main-top bowline, main-top-man, main-top shroud.
1626Capt. Smith Accid. Yng. Seamen 14 The maine top shroudes. c1860H. Stuart Seaman's Catech. 79 The duties of fore or main-topmen in their respective tops are much the same. 1867Smyth Sailor's Word-bk., Main-top Bowline, the bowline of the main-topsail. 1882Standard 1 Dec. 3/6 There were no maintopmen on deck. |